MENENDEZ HOLDING BIG LEAD IN NUMBER OF A POLLS

It was going to be an uphill climb, and new polling data suggests at the U.S. Senator Robert Menendez will keep his Senate seat. GOP challenger Joe Kyrillos has been battling a name recognition issue. An average of Survey USA, Richard Stockton College, Philadelphia Inquirer, and Quinnipiac University done by RealClearPolitics.com shows Menendez has a 18.5 percent edge over Kyrillos. All of those polls took place in the past couple of weeks.